Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Contracts Competency Division, MS32, 22541 Millstone Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304

70 -- SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOL N00421-96-Q-1021 POC Karen Y. Gunter, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 Ext. 209; Rebecca J. Wathen, Contracting Officer. The Offensive Sensors Laboratory (OSL) of the Aircraft Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD requires hardware and software to support the required testing of U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force airborne radar systems. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commericial Brand Name or equal items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number N00421-96-Q-1021 is hereby issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-37. This acquistion is unrestricted. All items shall be delivered within 12 weeks after contract award. Earlier delivery is acceptable and desirable at no additional cost to the Government. Deliveries shall be made F.O.B. Destination to Receiving Officer, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304. Inspection and acceptance will be made at destination. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items is applicable. For evaluation purposes the provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items shall apply. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical capability and price. The offerors shall identify where the offered items meet each of the Government's functional minimum specifications listed below. Any offeror who submits a quotation on an ''equal product'' is required to clearly identify the item by brand name, if any, and make or model number, and provide literature (e.g. catalog, description, etc) which shows that the offered product meets the salient functional and physical characteristics as listed below (see DFARS 252.210-7000) The offeror shall include a complete copy of the FAR provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items is applicable. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditons Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items is applicable. Offers are due by May 27, 1996, 2:00 p.m. The proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind your organization. You must submit two copies to Contracts Projects Divison, Bldg. 588 MS 32, NAWCAD, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304, Attn. Karen Gunter. The points of contact for information regarding this solicitation are those provided above. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ITEMS TO BE ACQUIRED: 1 ea Catalina Research, Inc. part number CRCV1M40-64-C6 Digital Signal Processor Board with Filter Coefficient Update Option and ANSI C assembler and 1 ea Catalina Research, Inc. part number 12SM-1226-RV6/6J123-P750-CRI 6 slot 6U / 6 slot 9U VME chassis with 750 Watt power supply. The vendor for this specification shall provide a Digital Signal Processor module with the following capabilities: 1) The board shall occupy one VMEbus compatible, 9U form factor slot and shall support D32, A24, and A16 data transfer and address modes and interrupt capability. 2) The board shall continuously perform a 1024 complex point, 48 bit (I & Q), block floating point FFT/Multiply/FFT (frequency domain convolution) every 25.6 microseconds or less (continuous 40Mhz complex data processing) 3) The board shall provide a High Speed Coefficient Update Port (with realtime updateable swing buffers) for frequency domain convolution processing 4) The board shall provide one 40 Million Complex Sample Per Second data port for input and one 40 MCSPS data port for output on the front panel. 5) The board shall support correlation, sectioned convolution and filtering algorithms. 6) The vendor shall provide low-level software drivers compatible with a VME based Sun-compatible host and VxWorks realtime operating system environment. (0129)

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